A quick break from production week to advise those with the time, inclination to leave their offices, homes, to actually go outside to find something to do. Lucia Newell. The Stills. Russian Realism. The Science of Sleep, per the advice of Peter Schilling… Late Breaking: Let us not forget Raking Through Books (with Brad Zellar … Read more
Alfred Krupp, the scion of the Krupp Arms Empire in the late 1800s (and Germany’s richest man) liked to sleep in the barn near a pile of fresh manure. He believed it was good for his health. Typical German eccentric. His story reminds me of the late 1980s Mercedes Benz. I recently drove a pristine … Read more
Three goings on for tonight: 1) Books: Edina Library hosts a panel discussion on the subject of what makes good literature; 2) Theater: a special Monday evening performance of The Master and Margarita; 3) Music: Ode to Cole Porter with Arne Fogle and Maud Hixon at Rossi’s Blue Star.
a plate from the Titanic? So…. I just hooked up with an old friend who happens to be engaged to a guy named Matt who happens to own the kick-ass Bulldog restaurant/bar in Uptown. They are scrub-scrub-scrubbing the place formerly known as Boom/Oddfellows in Nordeast to make room for the next Bulldog. This might irk … Read more
We have all been expelled from the garden, but the ones who suffer most in exile are those who are still permitted to dream of perfection. –Stanley Kunitz, “Reflections” As God was his witness, the guy said, he was not shitting me. What he was telling me was exactly the fucking truth. Look at him. … Read more
Brief Encounter, 1945. Directed by David Lean and written by Noel Coward. Starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard. Available at your public library. Sometimes it helps to escape a blue weekend with a mindless comedy, some blood and gore, or a spectacular adventure full of explosions. To wander into the local Cineplex with twenty bucks, … Read more
And you, what do you seek? —Rene Daumal The love of books is for children who glimpse in them a life to come, but I have come to that life and feel uneasy with the love of books. This is my life, time islanded in poems of dwindled time. There is no other world. —Robert … Read more
Detroit Tigers 8, New York Yankees 3. Detroit wins ALDS three games to one. Trust me, I understand your pain. But today, after nearly twenty years, New York City is Mudville and Detroit celebrates. Briefly, for of course it ain’t over ’til it’s over.
Ah, Beyond The Crescent Moon. And it’s going to be a crisp, autumn (and full) one at that. And later on this weekend, from what I hear, there’ll be plenty of Little Miss Sunshine and even a little Surf Stomp to go along with it. But soon, soon enough… The Elevator to the Gallows (daylight … Read more
The Departed and Last King of Scotland. The Departed, 2006. Directed by Martin Scorsese, written by William Monahan. Starring Leonardo, Jack, Matt, Marky-Mark, Charlie Sheen’s Dad, Ray Winstone, one of the Baldwin brothers, Anthony Anderson, Kevin Corrigan, and the winsome Vera Farmiga. Now showing pretty much everywhere. Having failed to garner much in the way … Read more